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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-22

OIL CITY Pa. Dec. Educational Transit cer-
tifcates opened at 8Oac: highest S17sc, lowest
e0ssc; closed at 81 SIC; sales, ,O6S 900 brs: clear
anees g. lOS, 900 brls; charters II 500 brs; ship
ments, 1O7. 2S9 brls; runs, "a, S67 brls.
NEW YORK. Dec 21.-Petroleum weak at SO3tc
but after selling down to SO3sc. became strong and
advanced large trading S17sc and the close was
strong at 81 24c- Sales. 2, SAC. 600 brls
PITTSBURG. Pa Dec. 21.-Petroeum active and
firm; National Transit certificates opened at SOac
closed at 81 s4c highest, Sizes lowest sOlac.
CLEVELAND, Dec 21.-Petroleum firm; stand
ard white. 11Oo 714c.
SAVANNAH. Ga, Dec. 2l.-Turpentine firm at
So 4c asked
CHARLESTON, Dec. 21.-Tnrpentine firm at
81 lac,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-22
Real Estate Transfers.

instruments fled for record in tie recorders Office
of Marion county Indiana for the twenty-four hours
ending at 3 M, Dec. 21. 1897. furnished by
Elliott s. Butler abstracters OF titles Room IS. Etna
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-22

Fancy shippers. 81. 5o05 90
Good to cnoce shippers 4.OQD4.35
Fair to medium shippers 3.5003 So
Common to medium shippers 3.O003.4O
Good to choice hefers- Observation-Disclosures. 2.S513.35
Common to medium heifers. 2250265
Good to choice covs..- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.75 O3. 20
Common TO medium COWS. 25025O
Veals, common 20 good 30004.5O
Bulls. common &c good 15002.5O
Mixers, common TO good .000 &c. 90
Hoas-Receipts. 9,1O7; shipments 1870. Re-
ceipts quite heavy, and, with 5000 held over max
ing about II. 600 sale Buyers were very slow to
commence operation. But few sold before noon.
Later trade ruled active at about yesterdays prices
closing quiet, with quite a number left unsold.
Heavy packing and shipping. s.. so 65
Light and heavy mi, ed. 5.15Q5.45
Common to good light 5O005.25
0.I004-0O
SHEEp-Reoeipts 80; shipments, -. But little
doing for tho want of stock. Market about the same.
Good to choice .--.$3.7504.2
Fair to medium ---....-.------ s. 2O03. so
Soinnon. s.ooOo.Vo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-22

Cattle in Short Supply and Prices Unchanged
Hogs Close Quiet, with Some Left Over
INDIANAPOLIS Dec. 81.
CATTLE-Recepts, 212; shipments. 14O. But
few here for Wednesday. Market was about the
same yesterday; about all sold at the close
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-22


NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21.-Cotton quiet and
steady; mddling 97sc low middling 7-16c; good or
binary, 9lsc; net receipts 1854 bales gross receipts
S.366 bales; exports to the continent 900 bales;
exports coastwise. 1913 bales sales, $500 bales;
stock, 3.9, 236 bales.
NEW YORK. Dec. &c. L. Greene & Co. say:
Considerable irregularity shown but the general
development was weak and the longs attempting
to unload prices gradually took the downward incline
and remained tame, with final rates 5 points below
last evening
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 21.-Cotton firm and in good
demand; sales, Is 900 bales, including 1000 bales
for speculation and export, and IL 400 bales Ameri
can
Dry Goods.
NEW YORK, Dec. Pin the way of new bust
inquiry was directed chiefly to prints, with fair
results through new engagements shipments.
American fancy spring prints &c and shrtings Sc
advance of A0c. The general market was quiet.
Metals.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Copper steady; lake
1890. Lead firm; domestic, 5.O5c Tin firm;
straits $500
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 21.--Lead. 4sOo4.s5c.
Wool.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21.-Wool quiet and steady.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-22

LONDON, Dec. 2L-Bar silver, AID 2
ounce.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2L-Bar silver, 97sc
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
Character In Hair

II we night Judge from the Penny
Awful" and even from tho Shilling
Shocker." there is a moral fatality in
hair, says an observer in Cassells Fam
ay Magazine. The dark-eyed woman
with wealth of raven locks" is tiend
of deep plots and Vaccinations, bent
upon the destruction of the heroine
with the golden hair-or we believe
the approved form is now the gold
head and the violet eyes, About one
thing the world has made up its mind,
or, at least the world of superficial OBJ
servers, who have n sheep-like tcnden.
cy TO keep togcther and that one thing
is, that strong-minded woman in fic-
ton ought to be brunette, and that Il
sensitive, tender, gentle creature is to
be depicted as n blonde This is on
par with the old melodram;is, where the
heroine always wore white, and came
on the stage to slow music. The hero
ines of our hearts did not appear cross
ing our life's scene 10 slow music, did
thcy? Nor were they gifted with SYM
patty, tenderness and sweetness ac-
cording to the color of their hair. The
world of melodrama and of nine-tenths
of our fiction is not the world we live
in. AS matter fact, the real golden
hair is n gift as rare rs the voice OF Il
prima donna, and the wealth of raven
locks" goes often with the softest of ma
tures-those sensitive and yet unsellish
beings of whom we might say that Won
dcrful word of praise that il took Nine.
Stae's genius TO inyent-"She was
more n woman thai all the rest OF wo-
men,
If the color is not TO be taken rs an
index. the habitual appearance is rs a
safe guide TO least few points OF char
acter. Our faces carry with them the
story of our lives, though it be written
in hieroglvphs unread; to some extent
we ourselves have made them what
they are; not the features, but the cX-
preston, is our making formed uncon-
sciously all our life. In just the same
way. il is not the hair itself, but, so to
say, the expression we have given II,
that tells the tale. VIII te, black, or
gray, brown, ruddy, yellow, ashen or
ilaxen-what matter it?-our hearts
and our ways are not colored 10 match.
Curly or straight-how could we help
il? But our care and our carefulness,
our work and our troubles, have given
it an appearance of its own, which is a
part of our individuality; and therein
are the secrets of character.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
An Applicant For Divorce.

Lawyer Beattic has widespread rep
utation for being very successful in OBJ
tanning divorces for miss-iittng couples
who do not pull the domestic pillow
straight together down the furrow Of
life.
On Monday last, dapper-lookng lit
tie fellow. of dudish appearance, with
his hair parted on the left-center of his
head, having a corner-turned collar and
a white neck-tie, holding in his hand a
little rattan cane with an livery sleeps
foot for head. and looking exactly as
if his mother had fixed him up for n
Sunday.school picnic, called at Lawyer
Beattie's office and said he desired TO
consult him about II ''werrey impawtent
matter" SO he seated himself and said
he wanted to apply for divorce.
The lawyer looked the little fellow
over in a sort of Il compassionate man
ner. and the following dialogue oc-
Cured between the attorney and the
dude:
N How long have you been married"
about six weeks"
married only six weeks and want q
divorce?"
Yes SIR"
"How old ARE you?"
about twenty-five years"
"How old is your wifeP"
"About seventeen years"
What has she been doingP"
"Oh, nothing, particular
HAS she done nothing wrongP"
mo sir, not particular"
"Why do YOU desire divorce. them"
"Oh, have all | want Of her; have
no more use for her."
WAS she respectable girl when you
married her?"
"Yes sir.
as she "a respectable woman. nowp"
''Yes sir"
HAS she any brothers livingP"
mo sir"
Has she a father living''
"Yes SIR"
docs he live in this city?"
"Yes sir"
"Will you tell your wife's father to
call at this oflice-I want to see him"
why. what do you want with him"
Il am going to advise him to blow
your worthless brains out and will
stand between him and all harm"
"Mr. Heber." said the lawyer, nd
dressing his clerk. ''show this young
fellow out, and IL you kick him clear
out INTO the street, will be RESPONSIBLE
for all damages"
And the dude shot out Of the Office
as IL he had been fired out OF cannon.
Carl Prefzers Weekly.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
0verwOrked Women.
- The Rambler.

Prior TO the American Revolution
b~ery colonial farmhouse and every
siacksmith's shop was q mandatory.
For everything was literlly manufacture
I'd that is, made by hand. The blacksmith
hammered out axes. hoes, forks, spades
ploughsharcs, scythes and nails. A
sailoress went from house to house to
make up the winter clothing, and was
followed by the shoemaker.
The farmer prepared the leather
rom skins which had lain in the vat
Tor year, and his wife made ready
she cloth.
Spinning wheels buzzed from morn
ing till night. Skeins of wooden and
linen yarn hung on the walls Of every
house. Seated on the loom-seat. the
best woman Of the family piled shuttle
and readles-weaving blankets, sheets,
table-cloths, towles, bed-curtans fan
sels. and cloth for garments.
Every woman in the household man
ufaciured something. The aged grand
mother spun fax with the little wheel;
the Youngest daughter carded wool.
and the oldest, if the men were busy.
haichelcd fax. II was hand work that
aid it, and every hand did what II could
best do.
The women. whose work was never
lone" not only carded. spun and wove.
but they MIXED the cows, made butter.
bread and cheese, soap and candles,
booked the food. did the washing. and
In harvest raked hay, pulled flax and
dug potatoes.
The neighbor, who happened in for an
afternoons gossip brought her work.
The mother patched or nitted. as she
rested by the fireside. or chartered APP
ples for the children 10 ''string" and
hang in the morning in festoons on the
sunny outside walls. All were busy
always busy.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
!. YEARS OLD.
An Extraordinary Case OF Longevity
Reported from vienna

reported from vienna,
The privilege of talking with wom-
an III years old is not to be expected
often in lifetime, writes q Vienna cor
respondent of The London Times. and
one must therefore value such an inter-
view rs had this afternoon with Mag
dalene Ponza, the oldest of the Emper-
or Francis Joseph's subjects. who en-
tered her ll2th year on Christmas eve.
She was born at Witt ngau, Bohemia,
in l775, when Maria Theresa SIT en- the
Austrian throne. George Ill. had then
been but fifteen years king of England,
Louis xvi, who had ruled little
more than twelvcmonth in France.
was stu in the heyder of power, the
Independence of the United States of
America had not vet been decided. Ma
poleon and Arthur Wellesley were as
yet but six years old.
Magdalene Ponza retains full, posses
sion of her mental faculties. Unfortu-
natcly she can only speak the Czech
language. and she can neither read nor
write. However, she answers qucs-
tons briskly enough through the
Youngest Of her surviving grandchild-
rem. herself woman OF Gu. Magda-
lenc Pouza's age is authenticated by
the outdoor relief certificate of the Vi
ennesc municipality, which, with mag
niiiccnt generosity, allows her iiorins
and 40 kreutzers- about 6s. Cd. "a
month. The venerable dame lost the
last of her teeth thirty years ago. but
she has an excellent appetite, eats
meats minced drinks little beer daily.
and hobbies about her room without
much dill Guilty with the help OF stick.
Sixty years of her life were spent in her
native village, more than thirty years
in another village, and she was past 80
when she came to Vienna, seventeen
years ago. All the doctors who have
seen her pronounce hers to be one of
the most extraordinary cases of long
evity on record. for she complains of
no ailments beyond n slight asthma.
Her worn face, with its countless wrin-
.kles, does however, look prcternatu-
rally old.
Giving me her photograph. Mag'Ia-
.lene Ponza scored her mark on it with 4
fairly steady hand, and remarked with
a smile that her first portrait was tax
en- by painter in her village ninety
years ago This was before the German
emperor was born. The contenaran
has received good many visits and
presents since her last birthday, but
one must regret that more has not been
done for her through Ollie al channels
She shares one single poor room with
her granddaughter and the latter's hus-
band, who is bedridd N with spinal
complaint. A woman who is perhaps
the doyemHe of all the women in Eu-
rope, and who has lived under six Aus
trian sovereigns, deserves at least that
her closing days should be spent in
comfort. and that she should have the
satisfaction OF feeling that the helpless
husband of her granddaughter will be
provided for when she is gone.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
He Felt His Importance.

For years he had been trying to get
into politics. and ran the full gamut Of
all the tricks Of the trade, but for some
reason wasn't successful. AT last he
got so far as TO be made justice of the
peace. and the first man that went to
make an affidavit before him happened
to be- a rough old neighbor who had
known him all his DAYS. The old man,
who was lacking in politeness as most
of his kind. stalked in and began TO tell
bis story without lifting his hat. Sir. "
exclaimed the new justice, who had
been swelling with importance. sir,
you should always remove your hat
when you come the presence OF me and
God. Boston Gazette.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
Eating Properly.

The fact that SO many adults, even
'ersons of culture, have wrong habits
o eating, coupled with that of the imita-
i've tendency of children, affords one of
nany arguments against the presence
4 very little ones at the common ia
lie. Haste in eating is naturally ac-
ompanied by haste in feeding on
he part Of the mother or nurse.
Ehich is frequently the cause of the af-
er-habit in the child, of taking too
arge mouthfuls and swallowing them
90 fast. Often an otherwise careful
aother. perhaps preoccupied with con-
ersation, or anxious to be free TO do
omething else, will give her child such
arge and frequent mouthfuls that after
has grown to the self-fceding age
he practice Is continued and the habit
0ed. Perhaps children are naturally
Inclined to eat too fast; il certainly is a
ommon fault. and one which may be
Soi,led by deferring the self-feeding
nd letting the mother. by patient, de-
lberate feeding, aid the child in form
az correct habits. Neither should this
uty be left to an ignorant or thought
.ss nurse, who may have her own
easons for haste. Care in this matter
,ay seem TO cost too much time, but
he result will be worth all the expense.
-Babyh0od.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
An Old Debt.

/ worked month for DR.. Fox. aud
When the end had come,
] went TO him TO get my pay-ten
Dollars was the sum.
He handed receipt In full, with
Grin OF vcngeful mlrth,
For services professional the morning
or my birth.
And now ] think IL would have been
No wonder Pm iorlorn--
Ten dollars in my pocket II never
Had been born
The Rambler.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11
Keepsakes.

Each lover has keepsake
For the memory Of his love;
One has q note or ribbon,
And one . curl or a glove.
But I am rich In keepsakes;
Three notes treasure apart;
There are two, accepting my present,
And one, declining my heart
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11

Come TO think about i, this has been
q good year for dcfaulters-take them
A. thew run. But the trouble is they
make the run so quickly that the de-
tectives fail 10 take tbem--NorrfstovH
Herald
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-11

In selecting his reading msttsr the Chi
sgOsn always prefers buyhography.- Eash
igion Critic
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04
South River Toms.

| liecPoTleu lof the NlRG1NIAN.
Distressing Death.-The most distress.
ing accident we have ever been called on
to chronicle occurred on Friday afternoon
OF last week. The facts as we have been
able to gather them are briefly as follows
MI John Stump, who resides.near Barter
brook, rode up to the stile in front of his
neighbor, Mr.. Henry Carter's house,
hitched his horse to the rack and entered
the house where he engaged some time in
conversation with that gentleman. Mr..
Carriers little son, of about IL years Of
age, went to where the horse stood and
getting his foot in the stirrup tried to
mount. In doing so box POSSIBLY tin
one) he had in his hand, fell and frightened
the horse. which at once whirled round,
broke loose and dashed away, dragging the
little boy, whose foot was fast in the STIR
ruD. How far the animal iran before he
was oyertaken l have not learned, but
when those who at once set out in hot pur-
suit came up the child was found to have
been manged to death.
The funeral was attended by large
crowd from the surrounding neighborhood
and many persons came out from Staunton.
The services were held in Thinking
Spring Church and the body tenderly laid
away in the adjacent cemetery.
The father and brothers and sisters of
the deceased have the heartfelt sympathy
of the neighborhood.
We are compelled, for want of space, to
omit other interesting items from our
correspondent, which will appear next
vunaIz I
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04
SOUTHWARK.
Standard Time.
18th MeTidtGql.

No. has Pullman Buffet Sleeper New York
to Chattanooga, without change, via Harris
burg, Hagerstown and Roanoke; also has
connection at Hagerstown with fast mail from
Baltimore.
No. has through connection from Ph1adel-
phia, via Harrisburg and G. v. Railroad and
from Baltimore via w. NJ. K. II.
No. 5 has connection at Shenandoah function
from Baltimore, Washington and Martinsburg
at R1VertOn from Alexandria and Intermediates
points
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown, Nd, with the Western Mary
land Railroad to and from Baltimore Frederick
Emmittsburg, Gettysburg, Penmar Waynes-
boro, Pa, and points on the Western Maryland
Railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley Railroad to and
bersburg, Mercersburg MartinSburg and points
on the Cumberland Valley Railroad and branch
eS.
Also to and from Pittsburg and the West and
Northwest, and Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
and the North and East.
At Shenandoah Junction, w Vs. With Main
Line of Bal timore d Ohio Railroad to and from
the West.
No. 8 makes close connection at Waynesboro
Junction with c. Il o. Ry. East and West bound
trains.
At Loeb Laird, with Lexington Branch OF
Richmond IL Allegheny Railroad.
AT Buchanan with Nam Line of Richmond
& Allegheny Railroad.
AT Roanoke. with Norfolk d. Western Railroad
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
AT Boyce. for Wildwood and Winchester, Va.
At Troutvil}e for Fincastle.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04

Reported for the VIRGINIAN]
Rev. Samuel Driver preached at Mission
Chapel leSunday morning, at IL o'clock,
to large crowd. Mr.. D. has been preach
ing at Mission Chapel for IS years.
Mr.. George Sheets has taken charge of
Mr.. John Southard's, his father-in- laws,
farm, and Mr.. Andrew Lindsay is farm
ing for Mr.. Sheets.
Mr.. Dunlap, from Middlebrook, is re-
pairing the dwelling on his farm, which
belonged to Mr.. Henry Edison at one
time. S miles west of Staunton.
W. r. r.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04

IT MEANS-That if you desire to stop at any
| time, you have your invested savings as a.
! leash surrender" and can get 'paid up in
| surance in the Fidelity.
IT MEANS-Insurance without banking
pay as you go, get what you pay for, and quit
when you please, without loss.
| II MEANS-That you, if you die at an adj
vanced age. will leave q double endowment;
your invested savings amounting to the sum
insured, and your Fidelity policy to your es-
tate.
IT MEANS-That you are not thus placing
all your eggs in the basket. By dividing
the risk between two observation-disclosures
and investment-you take only one-half the
risk you do by placing all in one.
IT MEANS-That 1t is worth looking into,
and if you want information, insurance or
rates, call on address
rLFRs Staunton, Va.
Special Agent for the Valley of Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04

1t is poor compliment to President
Cleveland's integrity or sagacity that the
Democratic papers of Virginia should in
sist that he fill the vacancy on the SUI
preme Court Bench by the appointment OF
judge who will decide the Virginia
coupon cases contrary to the decision al
ready announced by that body. Tocomply
with the suggestion would be a perverson
and abuse of power that would brand
Cleveland and his administration as cor
rupt for all time to come. The sugges-
tion implies. first, that the President
must learn from the applicant whether he
" i'll decide certain question certain
way before his application can be consid-
cred, and second, that the appointm will
not be made because of eminent judicial
qualifications. but because of certain
views he may be willing to adopt in order
to get the appointment. That is about
the kernel of the proposition.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04
THE MARKETS.

REPORTED BY j. II. BLACKLEY, GENERAL COM
MISSION MERCHANT.
There is no activity in the markets and de-
mand for nothing except good timothy hay
The old crop is out and the new crop is not
yet ready for trade-consequently there is a
scarcity in the market. Flour and wheat are
very dull.
Prices yesterday ranged as follows Flour,
family, 81 }, extra, $3 TO-, super, IS 25'; wheat
Y to 7Gc corn, so to So; oats. rs to 81; limo
thy hay. $40 to Sill; mixed, S. to 80 !; Timothy
seed so to 2 %.
STANTON MARKETS
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04

Our esteemed contemporary, the Peters
burg hader- Appeal, is mistaken in sup
posing that our demand for business men
in Congress and the Legislature was
prompted by conscious lack of power
The applause of list ming senates to COM
mand.'" We were viewing the question
purely from the standpoint of a citizen of
the South-a Virginian, whose interests
are wrapped up in the welfare and fu-
ture progress and prosperity of the State.
1t is true that the writer of the article in
question lays no claims to Oratory. but it
is also true that he has never yet
declined to meet an opponent In joint de-
bate, and that is more than can be said of
the hldec. Appeal chosen champion.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04

The Democratic convention of Maryland
on the 9th nominated E. e. Jackson for
Governor on the 9th ballot. Hon. VIM.
Pinckney Whyte was nominated for At
torney General and l.. V. Baughman for
Comptroller.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04
Ammoniated Goods.
KANT. SIC.

Farmers VIII flnd II TO their interests decid-
edly to call on me at my store before buying or
obligating themselves elsewhere or in anyway.
handle standard goods, from the most relia-
BILE manufacturers l can learn of, only on a
guaranteed analysis, and always want the
highest / can get, and want it made
by disinterested as well as interested parties.
(The Department of Agriculture established in
this and other States for the protection of
farmers, for inStance.)
If the quality and quantity of valuable prop
critics in a fertilizer not to be considered,
neither is the quality and weight of sugar i'll a
That we can learn the valuable properties and
quantity of these properties in a fertilizer is
fact too well-known to be questioned by any
intelligent observer, and there is way pro-
vided for earning these things and every
farmer should take advantage of it as every
one has to help to pay for it.
1 offer special prices and liberal terms to
parties buying in car lots at any depot on any
raiload in Augusta county.
august JAS. II. BLACKLEY.